The Memory Hierarchy

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Section 11.1 The Memory Hierarchy

Checkpoint 11.1.1. Memory Hierarchy Properties.

Which of the following increases as you go from the top to the bottom of the memory hierarchy?

Access Time
Incorrect.
Storage Size
Incorrect
Both A and B
Correct!
Neither A nor B
Incorrect.

Checkpoint 11.1.2. The Memory Hierarchy Organization.

Order the following technologies as they appear from top to bottom in the memory hierarchy.

Registers
---
Caches
---
Main Memory
---
Flash Disk
---
Traditional Disk
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Remote Secondary Storage

Checkpoint 11.1.3. Memory Access Time.

Which of the following has a larger difference in memory access times?

Going from CPU registers to main memory
Incorrect.
Going from primary to secondary storage
Correct!
They are roughly the same.
Incorrect

Checkpoint 11.1.4. Persistent vs Non-Persistent Storage.

Which of the following storage devices are examples of volatile (non-persistent) memory?

Tape
Incorrect
Cache
Correct
Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
Incorrect
Registers in ALU
Correct
Main Memory
Correct
A remote server
Incorrect

Hint 1.

Review: Ch. 11.1: The Memory Hierarchy

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diveintosystems.org/book/C11-MemHierarchy/mem_hierarchy.html

Hint 2.

There are three correct answers.